Hello David, I have a Mellis connection from Cargill, in-laws of my g.g.aunt Jane Donald. Perhaps your James Mellis was a brother of my John Mellis (married to Elizabeth Young): (1) 1 John MELLIS d. bef 1879 & Elizabeth YOUNG d. aft 1879 m. 10 Jul 1836, Cargill, Perth, Scotland | (2) 1 Mary MELLIS | b. 15 Feb 1837, St Martins, Perth, Scotland | (2) 2 Thomas MELLIS | b. 11 Feb 1839, St Martins, Perth, Scotland | (2) 3 James Young MELLIS | b. 13 Dec 1845, St Martins, Perth, Scotland | d. 1918, Perth, Scotland | & Jane Aitchison DONALD | b. 1 Apr 1849, Kinrossie, Perth, Scotland | d. 13 Mar 1934, Comely Bank House, Strathmore Street, Kinnoull, Perth, Scotland | ch. 16 Apr 1849, Rev. Ritchie, Minister; Registered Collace, Perth, Scotland | m. 18 Aug 1879, 26 York Place, Perth, Perth, Scotland | | (3) 1 Albert "Bert" John MELLIS | | b. 28 Dec 1879, Perth, Perth, Scotland | | d. 15 Mar 1937, 32 Canal Street, Perth, Perth, Scotland | | (3) 2 Frederick "Fred" William MELLIS | | b. 11 Jun 1882, Perth, Perth, Scotland | | d. 12 Feb 1952 | | & Isobel "Bella" Brewster HARRIS | | b. Apr 1884 | | d. aft 1930 | | m. about 1913? | | (3) 3 Jemima MELLIS | | b. 12 Apr 1889, Perth, Perth, Scotland | | d. 29 Apr 1962 | | (3) 4 James MELLIS | | b. aft 1891 | (2) 4 John MELLIS | b. 28 Aug 1851, St Martins, Perth, Scotland | d. ? | & Elizabeth J., Wife Of John MELLIS | b. abt 1853, Guthrie, Forfar, Scotland | d. ? | | (3) 1 Isabella J. MELLIS | | b. abt 1878, Dundee, Forfar, Scotland | | (3) 2 David MELLIS | | b. abt Jan 1881, Dundee, Forfar, Scotland >Hello Listers, >I've down-loaded the will of one of my GGG grandparents, James Mellis a >shoemaker, who died in 1870, and I wonder if anyone can help me with some >queries. > >He resided in Stobhall in the Parish of Cargill. >Can anyone tell me anything about Stobhall in the Parish of Cargill? >Is it a house or hamlet? Does it still exist? > >In his will he named his wife as Margaret COLLEY. >But in his inventory she is named as Margaret MCCOLLOCH. >(actual quote: At the Union Bank of Scotland in Perth in name of James >MELLIS deceased and Mrs Margaret McColloch or Mellis, Cargill, payable to >either of them or the surviver of them =A3 51/1/2) >Can anyone account for her 2 names - Margaret Colley and >Margaret McColloch? > >The next item in his inventory is another bank account, this time solely >to the credit of Margaret McColloch or Mellis. > >Should I assume she had already died? (And he hadn't transferred >the money into his name.) > >Or did her money belong to him in Scots law? > >Is any other lister researching MELLIS in Cargill? >The deponent for the will was David MELLIS shoemaker, son of James MELLIS. > >David >Weymouth, Dorset